WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM strengthens management of greater sage-grouse habitat WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management has signed records of decision to enhance greater sage-grouse conservation on public lands in Colorado and Oregon. The approved habitat conservation measures will support Western communities and also benefit more than 350 other wildlife species. These two plan amendment more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM updates management plan for south-central Oregon < All Press Releases LAKEVIEW, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management today announced the release of the record of decision and approved resource management plan for the Lakeview planning area, which covers 3.2 million acres of public lands in Lake and Harney counties. The amendment updates the 2003 plan, providing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Wyden, Bipartisan Senators Call on President Biden to Stop Rushing Trade Negotiations Behind Closed Doors Washington, D.C. \--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) led a bipartisan group of senators calling on the Biden Administration to direct United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai to cease secret negotiations with for more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: * * * Department of Commerce Announces Preliminary Terms with Analog Devices, Coherent Corp., Intelligent Epitaxy Technology, Inc. and Sumika Semiconductor Materials Texas Inc., to Strengthen U.S. Semiconductor Leadership Thursday, January 16, 2025 Office of Public Affairs publicaffairs@doc.gov (link sends email) Proposed CHIPS Investments in Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Tex more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SEATTLE (January 16, 2025) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Tyree Oil, an Oregon-based petroleum distribution and storage company, has paid an $87,700 Clean Water Act penalty for systemic failures to adequately maintain its Portland facility and to maintain and implement an adequate plan to prevent or respond to possible releases of oil at the facility, which closed in e more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Jan. 16 -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news on Jan. 15, 2025: The OSBA Government Relations and Communications team will have a legislative extern this session. Jennifer Davis Salazar, a third-year law school student at Willamette University, will be shadowing OSBA lobbyists to learn about legislative advocacy. Her duties will include helping to track and analyze more than 500 bills, coordinating partner meetings and monitoring committee hearings am more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The FBI issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: * * * Law enforcement agencies concerned the suspect may harm self or others * * * The FBI is asking the public to report any information related to the series of dangerous attacks in October at ballot box locations in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. As law enforcement continues to investigate, we ask you to report unusual behaviors or the presence of materials and tools that could help law enfo more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Four-Month Survey Tracking West Coast Marine Mammals Finds Some Shifting North NOAA Fisheries scientists have completed a 4-month, roughly 4,500-nautical-mile, survey of marine mammals and seabirds off the U.S. West Coast. They collected a trove of some of the most thorough data and biological samples ever on West Coast whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals. Researchers also saw  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: A federal grand jury in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment earlier this week charging a business owner with not paying employment taxes and not filing tax returns. According to the indictment, Joyce Leard, of Boring, Oregon, owned and operated Mr. Tree Inc., a Happy Valley, Oregon-based company that provided tree removal and landscaping services to customers. Between 2018 and 2020, M more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released statements following the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) announcement that records of decision to prioritize greater sage-grouse habitat over other land uses have been signed in Colorado and Oregon, with additional plans nearly completed in California,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: * * * New study reveals insights into Yellowstone Volcanic System's Hidden Magma Reservoirs HILO, Hawaii -- Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and Oregon State University examined the area beneath Yellowstone Volcanic system finding that although an eruption is unlikely anywhere in the area, changes to the northeast area of the volcanic system will be the key to unde more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Transportation Accomplishments Overview - January 2021-January 2025 Thanks to Secretary Buttigieg's leadership, America's transportation systems are in better shape than they were four years ago, and the foundation has been laid for major progress in the coming years on all modes of travel and our supply chains. After passage of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  more PR